2001 RITA® Winners & Finalists
Contents
Contemporary Single Title Romance
First Lady by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
- In The Midnight Rain by Ruth Wind
- Kiss And Tell by Cherry Adair
- Twelve Days by Teresa Hill
- The Unsung Hero by Suzanne Brockmann
- The Wrong Child by Patricia Kay
First Book
A Man Like Mac by Fay Robinson
- By Arrangement by Madeline Hunter
- Cowboy For Keeps by Kristi Gold
- In The Shadow Of The Moon by Karen White
- My Champion by Glynnis Campbell
- Passing By Samaria by Sharon Ewell Foster
- Reilly's Law by Elizabeth Keys
- Remember The Night by Linda Castillo
- Ties Of Love by Anita Wall
Inspirational Romance
The Shepherd's Voice by Robin Lee Hatcher
- Awakening Mercy by Angela Benson
- The Negotiator by Dee Henderson
- Passing By Samaria by Sharon Ewell Foster
- True Devotion by Dee Henderson
- When Joy Came To Stay by Karen Kingsbury
Long Contemporary Romance
Rogue's Reform by Marilyn Pappano
- Beginning With Baby by Christie Ridgway
- The Brands Who Came For Christmas by Maggie Shayne
- The Comeback Of Conn MacNeill by Virginia Kantra
- The Daughter Merger by Janice Kay Johnson
- The Fourth Child by C. J. Carmichael
- Get Lucky by Suzanne Brockmann
- Mad Dog And Annie by Virginia Kantra
- Saving Grace by RaeAnne Thayne
Long Historical Romance
- Here Comes The Bride by Pamela Morsi
- I Do, I Do, I Do by Maggie Osborne
- Midnight Pleasures by Eloisa James
- Silver Lining by Maggie Osborne
- The Stone Maiden by Susan Fraser King
- The Sun And The Moon by Patricia Ryan
- The Viscount Who Loved Me by Julia Quinn
Paranormal Romance
The Highlander's Touch - Karen Marie Moning
- Catch A Fallen Angel by Kathleen Kane
- Dark Magic by Christine Feehan
- In The Shadow Of The Moon by Karen White
- Prince Of Time by Glenna McReynolds
- The Star King by Susan Grant
Regency Romance
- Lord Nightingale's Debut by Judith A. Lansdowne
- Once Upon A Christmas by Diane Farr
- The Ramshackle Suitor by Nancy Butler
- Saved By Scandal by Barbara Metzger
Romance Novella
"Final Approach...To Forever" in Special Report by Merline Lovelace
- "Baby, It's Cold Outside" in Millennium Baby by Kristine Rolofson
- "The Enchantment" in Once Upon A Dream by Ruth Ryan Langan
- "In Dreams" in Once Upon A Dream by Nora Roberts
Romantic Suspense
- Blade's Lady by Fiona Brand
- Brown-Eyed Girl by Mariah Stewart
- Renegade Heart by Gayle Wilson
- Witness In Death by J.D. Robb
Short Contemporary Romance
It Takes A Rebel by Stephanie Bond
- Callan's Proposition by Barbara McCauley
- First Comes Love by Elizabeth Bevarly
- In Name Only by Peggy Moreland
- Moonlighting by Heather MacAllister
- Out Of The Blue (aka The Wrong Bed) by Jill Shalvis
- Rough And Rugged by Colleen Collins
- The Taming Of Tyler Kincaid by Sandra Marton
Short Historical Romance
- Donovan's Bed by Debra Mullins
- Dove's Way by Linda Francis Lee
- The Duke And I by Julia Quinn
- The Gentleman Thief by Deborah Simmons
- The Last Bride In Texas by Judith Stacy
- Never Kiss A Duke by Eileen Putman
- Silk And Steel by Kat Martin